Hey everyone,

I just had some new Michelin All Season tires installed and an alignment done yesterday. Everything feels great, drives nice and straight, but they make this rubbing/sticking sound as I drive.


I'm just wondering, is this normal? Any ideas what could be making this noise? When I look inside the tire well there's nothing obvious making contact with anything.

Thanks for your time, any advice is appreciated!

 

When the tires are new, they have a sticker on the tread, which leaves some adhesive behind when removed. Give it 100 miles of driving and it should be gone. Smooth concrete surfaces like the one you're driving on in that video also cause tires to be extra squeaky.

 

ah glad to hear it's normal, thank you Jared!

 

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Unfortunately I'm still hearing the rubbing/scraping noise while driving. From what I can tell it's only coming from the right front wheel. Here's a quick video I took that isn't in the parkade, where I'm on the road and going faster, it makes this noise at all speeds.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lE0e...ature=youtu.be

I also came across this video, and the noise his car is making is very similar:


I took off the tire and was hoping to find a rock between the rotor and shield that just needed to be knocked out, but didn't see anything. So I'm thinking it's either the brake caliper or wheel bearing? Any other ideas? Also I'm 100% sure it wasn't making this noise before the new tires and alignment, not sure if that helps narrow down the cause.

Thanks all, appreciate any help I can get

 

If you have the tools/space/inclination, swap the fronts to the rears and see if the sound moves to the rear.

 

Thanks, that's a good idea! I'll do that tomorrow morning and update this thread with the results. Thanks again Jared!

 

Unfortunately, even after swapping front and rear tires, it's still making the noise in the front right wheel well area. I also purposely drove down some long hills and rode my brakes down them, I noticed after braking for awhile my steering wheel would start pulling right. I read that could be a sign of a sticking brake caliper correct?

I think whatever it is though it's out of my comfort zone to do the repair myself haha. So I'll take my car in to the mechanics tomorrow and just cross my fingers it's nothing too costly!

 

Interesting. Yeah, I'd be looking at the brakes given the diagnostic results so far. Report back if you can, would be curious to know what the cause ends up being.

 

Check the tie rod ends first, if no issue
A wild guess:
Check the cv axle on the effected side for corrosion under rubber damper ring; some axles tick before breaking.

 

So I took my car to the shop this morning. They took a look at the brakes and suspension, also mentioned the tie rod ends and cv axle like doctor J recommended, but said everything looked fine to them. They said they think it might be my rotors which are slightly glazed and warped, but if I don't mind the noise then they don't recommend replacing them quite yet.

Thanks for your help Jared and doctorJ

 

Yeah that doesn’t sound like a tire noise. My S2000 makes a similar noise and I haven’t been able to track the sound yet.

 

No prob kimapz.

One last thing that occurred to me you could try is jacking up the front of the car (so both front wheels are off the ground), taking the wheels off, and turning the hub by hand (just spin with the wheel studs). You should be able to get an up close and personal look at where the noise is coming from that way. You'll need to put the transmission in neutral so make sure you chock the rear wheels for safety (even though your handbrake should hold the car in place). You'll need to have both wheels in the air because you won't be able to spin either of the drive wheels freely if the other side is on the ground.